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Windows Forum / Windows Me / Setup / October 2003Startup Problem
When I try to boot ME the following message comes about. The following file is missing or corrupted C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32.VXD... any help would be great daniel gross drgross@indiana.edu VMM32.VXD is a composite file that is built from thirty or more other files when Win Me is installed and differs from system to system depending upon the hardware in use. If you boot to DOS using a floppy can you see if you have the file vmm32.vxd in your C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM folder? If not then you may well have to reinstall Win Me. One way you can check whether vmm32.vxd is missing or not is by typing the following at the A:\> prompt: A:\> DIR C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32.VXD If present you should see something like: VMM32 VXD 1,032,968 15/08/00 14:34 VMM32.VXD (Don't worry about the details, your date and size will most likely be different) but if absent you will see: File Not Found If the file is still present, and I hope it is, see MS KB258471 - "Error Message: The Following File Is Missing or Corrupted: C:\Windows\Ifshlp.sys" (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=258471) which explains how to proceed to hopefully fix the problem. Once you've fixed your system you might then want to amend the default settings for the Registry Checker so that it backs up a copy of vmm32.vxd each time that it backs up the registry which might save a lot of anguish in future. Do this by looking for the file scanreg.ini in your Windows folder and adding the line Files=11,vmm32.vxd beneath the last line of the file. The Registry Checker will then create a daily backup copy of vmm32.vxd as well as the registry and the backups are stored in the rb00?.cab files in the windows\SysBckup folder. For more details see MS KB 183603 - "How to Customize Registry Checker Tool Settings" (http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=183603). [Ack. to Jack Martinelli MVP for this last suggestion] -- Mike Maltby MS-MVP mcmaltby@hotmail.com > When I try to boot ME the following message comes about. > > The following file is missing or corrupted > C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32.VXD... > > any help would be great thanks mike, i'll try it out...this is my first time on the board, had no idea someone would respond so fast...thanks from indiana >-----Original Message----- >VMM32.VXD is a composite file that is built from thirty or more other files [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > >. You know "from Indiana", if you would stop using all these so called fake emails addresses, it would help us (in the NGs) to keep up with your process. Please, Help us to help you, stick to one address.  Signature8O) Koldbear Please reply to the Newsgroup ONLY > thanks mike, i'll try it out...this is my first time on > the board, had no idea someone would respond so [quoted text clipped - 67 lines] > > > >. When i checked the dir for the file vmm32.vxd i got the following message volume in drive c has no label volume serial number is 0A47-1909 Path not found any help would be great daniel gross >-----Original Message----- >VMM32.VXD is a composite file that is built from thirty or more other files [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > >. Daniel, Path not found rather than file not found? Are you certain that you correctly typed the line I suggested? If so then that would suggest that you have major problems since it would mean you either have no windows\system folder or even no windows folder. Try the command I suggested again making sure you type it exactly as I did leaving spaces where I have left spaces and using a colon where I use a colon. At the A:\> prompt type DIR C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32.VXD Do you still get the message "Path not found"? SignatureMike Maltby MS-MVP mcmaltby@hotmail.com > When i checked the dir for the file vmm32.vxd i got the > following message [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > any help would be great |
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